Another stupid question.


Thanks,

jim

 

I believe in Hybrid-speak that's forced-auto-stop. As in turning the ICE off expressly.

 

An excerpt from the CleanMPG glossary:

Forced Autostop: A Honda hybrid will AS (Autostop) in various scenario’s although it is very limiting to a given condition. To high a speed, to cold, not enough SoC (state of Charge), not enough speed since last AS, Defrost or A/C on except for the AH and HCH-II in specific conditions, etc. will not allow AS … Forcing an AS, aka Fas , takes these limits out of the equation.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/gloss...earchoptions=1

 

Basically you turn off the motor with your key while at speed... I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you know what your doing and practise in an empty lot.

 

Thanks everyone for the replies, and to tbaleno for the link.

Thanks,

jim

 

The opposit of FAST

PM

 

He, it was funny, when I did a fas my passengers wondered why the car sped up. It didn't really, but they felt the load of the car drop and equated that to speed or something.

 

I went in town for the first time today. So, a lot of stop&go. I'am upset when the AS doen't work so I did a lot of FAS during the stop&go sector.

I want to keep the car for at lease 10 years, so I am a bit concerned about the pre-mature wear the practice might generate. If I must throw the car 2 years earlier just because I FASed too much, I am not sure of the net benefit for the environment.

any comments ?

PM

 

There are a bunch of people that do a lot of FASing in an HCHI I haven't heard of any premature wear, and some of them are approaching 100K miles.